Man forgets about crystal meth in his pocket

FORT WALTON BEACH - A man who was caught speeding across Brooks Bridge was arrested on a narcotics charge after a Fort Walton Beach Police officer noticed he was acting strangely.

On Sept. 10 the man was clocked doing 40 mph and accelerating rapidly as he passed a police cruiser on U.S. Highway 98.

The officer stopped the car and noticed the driver was acting strangely. The report didn't indicate what the man did to arouse the officer's suspicions.

K-9 unit Catty indicated the presence of narcotics in a free-air sniff of the vehicle.

The officer noticed a plastic bag of a "crystal like substance" in the man's front pocket. The man said he "forgot about that," and he thought the substance was "shake and bake." It field-tested positive for methamphetamines.

The officer also found several white rock-like substances on the floorboards that tested positive for cocaine.

The man was charged with possession of methamphetamines and cocaine. His court date is Oct. 16.